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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ZAOIIARY M. LINDLEY, OF OARTHAGE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF THIRTEEN-SIXTEENTHS TO LLOYD J. DOUGLASS, VILLIAM H. STERRETT, AND B. M.

WASHING IVIACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 568,361, datedSeptember 29, 1896.

Application filed March 16, 1895. Serial No. 542,045. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ZAOHARY M. LINDLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Carthage, in the county of Jasper and State of Missouri,have invented a new and useful Vashing-Machine, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of washing-machines and to provide one which shall rapidlyand thoroughly effect the washing of clothes without in any Wiseinjuring the fabric, which shall be inexpensive in construction, durablein practice, and easy of manipulation.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of thewashing-machine constructed in accordance with my improvements, aportion of the inclosing case or wall being broken out to show theinterior construction. Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the same.Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the two parts of the doublepartition, showing the manner in which they interlap. Fig. 4 is a detailperspective view of one of the plungers or heads. Fig. 5 is alongitudinal section through the transverse partition-board, showing themanner of securing the pivotal bolt for the operating-levers.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts in the several figures ofthe drawings.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a washboiler of any ordinary orpreferred construction, the one shown being of the common elongated orelliptical form adapted to cover two lids of an ordinary range. 2indicates one of the divider-boards of my improved 45 double partition,which is provided centrally with a notch or open slot 3, openingdownward from the upper edge thereof, the other board 4t of the doublepartition being also centrally provided `with a notch or open slot 5o 5,extending upwardly from the lower edge thereof. By means of the notchesor slots 3 and 5 the two boards forming the double partition are adaptedto embrace each other and interlap in such manner that their lower edgeswill be coincident or in the same horizontal plane. In order to limitthe downward movementof the double partition, each seetion thereof isprovided with suitable 'horizontal shoulders 6, which rest upon theupper edge of the boiler, thereby supporting said 6o double partitionand the washing apparatus carried thereby in proper position.

The shorter or transverse partition-board is provided in its upper edgewith two notches or slots 7 for the reception of two parallel le- 65vers 8. The upper edge of said partitionboard is further provided with arecess or depression for the reception of a pivotal pin 9, on which saidlevers are hinged, the pin 9 being held in place and prevented fromescaping 7c by means of straps 10, passing over the upper edge of thepartition and secured upon the sides thereof in any suitable manner.

The plungers or heads 11 are four in number and correspond in generalshape to the spaces which they occupy between the two partition-boardsand the inner wallor face of the boiler. Each plunger comprises a topplate 12 and a surrounding pendent flange 13, both of imperforate sheetmetal. A long 8o hollow sleeve or tube 14 extends from the lower edge ofthe pendent iiange 13 through the upper plate 12 of the plunger, andthence upward a considerable distance, where itv is. firmly supported ator nearl its upper edge byv 8 5 means of inclined braces 15, securedthereto nand to the upper plate 12 of the plunger, as indicated in thedrawings. The construction described constitutes a very strong form ofplunger and perfectly adapts it to receive the 9o lower end of theplunger-stem 16, which supports and drives said plunger.

The plunger-stems 16 are each provided atv the upper end with a verticalopen slot 17, which embraces one or the other of the levers 8. The upperslotted end of the plunger stem is provided with a series ofperforations, through any one of whicha bolt 18 is adapted to pass forpivotally connecting said stem and lever.

By means of such series of perroo forations the height of the plungersmay be regulated to suit the amount of clothes to be washed contained inthe boiler.

In order to regulate the motion of the several plungers and to impart tosaid plungers a perfect opposite oscillation, posts or standards 19 aresecured to the upper edge of the longitudinal partition-board 2, and areprovided in their upper ends with depressions or grooves for the passageof suitable leather straps 20, the opposite ends of which are secured tothe inner adjacent faces of the stems 16 on opposite sides of the postsor Standards 19. By this means, as the front end of one lever isdepressed, it pulls down upon the strap 20, thereby causing said strapto elevate the corresponding end of the other lever, and vice versa, ina manner that will be readilyT understood. The levers 8 are bentdownwardly, as indicated at 21, outside of the boiler, and provided withconvenient handles 22 for operating the same.

By means of the construction above described an even and regularalternate oscillation is given to the plungers 1l, whereby two of saidplungers are elevated simultaneously with the depression of the othertwo. It is important that the relative movements of the two sets ofplungers should be uniform, in order that the space vacated by one setof plungers maybe instantly occupied and taken up by the other set,thereby preventing splashing, and rendering the device smooth andregular in its operation. The greatest advantage of this particulararrangement of the plungers is that by operating such plungers indiagonally-disposed pairs a more thorough agitation of the suds isattained, and the suds and water are drawn by one set of plungers andforced or projected by the other set through the clothing in the boilermore effectively than in the ordinary construction of washing-machines,wherein but two opposing plungers are employed, and the clothing is heldcomparatively still by reason of there being an equal pressure andsuction administered thereto.

It will be seen that the washing-machine above described iscomparatively simple and inexpensive in construction positive, reliable,and uniform in operation, capable of thoroughly and rapidly cleansingthe fabrics without injury thereto, and that it may be readily adjustedto suit the quantity of clothes to be washed.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details ofconstruction maybe resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrilicing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, isv In a washingm achine, the combination witha washboiler, of the longitudinal and transverse partitions mountedwithin the washboiler and dividing the same into separate compartments,a pair of longitudinally-disposed operating-levers fulcrumedintermediate of their ends on the transverse partition and located atopposite sides of the longitudinal partition, plun'gers arranged inpairs and located in the said compartments and pivotally connected tothe operating-levers, posts mounted on the longitudinal partition andlocated between the pairs of plungers, and the transversely-disposedstraps located at opposite sides of the transverse partition and passingover the posts and having their terminals connected with a plunger ofeach of the operatin.fg-levers, whereby the adjacent plun gers arereversely reciprocated, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my Own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ZACIIARY M. LINDIIEY. lVitnesses:

II. C. IIEFLEY, F. 13. NORTON.

